John William Atkinson

American psychology professor

Person human Q321277

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[18]
Date of birth: December 31, 1923
Date of death: October 27, 2003
Place of birth: Jersey City
Place of death: Chelsea
Country of citizenship: United States^[7]
Occupation: psychologist, university teacher
Employer: University of Michigan^[9]
Field of work: motivation^[8]
Educated at: Wesleyan University, University of Michigan^[10]^[11]
Award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, William James Fellow Award, APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]
Doctoral student: Bernard Weiner^[19]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[21]
Different from: John Atkinson^[22]
Given name: John^[20]
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences^[17]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 43

ISNI: 0000000110561539
VIAF cluster ID: 38160501
Library of Congress authority ID: n50027008
GND ID: 1023608073
Image (Wikimedia Commons): JohnWilliamAtkinson.jpg ↗
Academic Tree ID: 25979
BIBSYS ID: 90170912
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): AtkinsonJohnW(JohnWilliam)1923-2003
CONOR.SI ID: 53532771
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf11159949
CiNii Research ID: 1140282266831067008
DDB person (GND) ID: 1023608073

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FAST ID: 1433957
Freebase ID: /m/0g4yt_
Guggenheim fellows ID: john-w-atkinson
IdRef ID: 088947513
IxTheo authority ID: 718417860
KBR person ID: 14149047
Libraries Australia ID: 35009871
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA01214305
NL CR AUT ID: jn20000600484
NLA Trove people ID: 788598
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000089092
NSK ID: 981005679129909366
NUKAT ID: n95020221
National Library of Ireland ID: vtls000090957
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007430531705171
National Library of Latvia ID: 000159586
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9812830087405606
National Virtual Library of India ID: 410k (172k–410k, n=5)
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 069382093
Obálky knih ID: jn20000600484
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3872076
Open Library ID: OL1345370A
Parsifal cluster ID: 540684
RERO ID (legacy): A002949784
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 113293
SNAC ARK ID: w63s5m4t
UOM ID: 81398
Wellcome Collection concept ID: yhzdv8ma
WikiTree person ID: Atkinson-8061
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJppycpFmHkYrGMJQKCWjC
Yale LUX ID: person/3d2fb710-4980-41c3-9de7-a3a7b44eb693

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🔗 Connections

Award received 4

Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, William James Fellow Award

Educated at 2

University of Michigan, Wesleyan University

Occupation 2

psychologist, university teacher

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Different from 1

John Atkinson

Employer 1

University of Michigan

Given name 1

John

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Member of 1

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Place of birth 1

Jersey City

Place of death 1

Chelsea

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

John William Atkinson was born on December 31, 1923^[1], in Jersey City^[2]. He died on October 27, 2003^[3], in Chelsea^[4]. He worked as a psychologist^[5] and university teacher^[6].

FAQs

Where was John William Atkinson born?

John William Atkinson was born in Jersey City^[2].

Where did John William Atkinson die?

John William Atkinson died in Chelsea^[4].

What did John William Atkinson do for work?

John William Atkinson worked as a psychologist^[5] and university teacher^[6].

Where did John William Atkinson go to school?

John William Atkinson was educated at Wesleyan University^[10] and University of Michigan^[11].

What awards did John William Atkinson receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship^[12], William James Fellow Award^[13], APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology^[14], and Fellow of the American Psychological Association^[15].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ John William Atkinson — place of birth (P19): Jersey City. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ John William Atkinson — place of death (P20): Chelsea. Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ John William Atkinson — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ John William Atkinson — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ John William Atkinson — educated at (P69): Wesleyan University. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ John William Atkinson — educated at (P69): University of Michigan. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ John William Atkinson — field of work (P101): motivation. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ John William Atkinson — occupation (P106): psychologist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ John William Atkinson — occupation (P106): university teacher. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ John William Atkinson — employer (P108): University of Michigan. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ John William Atkinson — award received (P166): Guggenheim Fellowship. Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ John William Atkinson — award received (P166): William James Fellow Award. psychologicalscience.org. psychologicalscience.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ John William Atkinson — award received (P166): APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology. apa.org. apa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ John William Atkinson — award received (P166): Fellow of the American Psychological Association. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ John William Atkinson — award received (P166): Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ John William Atkinson — doctoral student (P185): Bernard Weiner. digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu. Retrieved 2026-05-18. digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ John William Atkinson — member of (P463): American Academy of Arts and Sciences. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ John William Atkinson — date of birth (P569): December 31, 1923. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-27. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ John William Atkinson — date of death (P570): October 27, 2003. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ John William Atkinson — given name (P735): John. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ John William Atkinson — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. IdRef. Retrieved 2020-05-01. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ John William Atkinson — different from (P1889): John Atkinson. wikidata.org.

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